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GAO: Claim losses lead to rate increases; Florida predicts savings from liability reform
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When a blackout struck the northeastern United States recently, some hospitals encountered difficulties that offer a lesson for risk managers about issues that may be overlooked during your typical emergency planning sessions.
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There is much for risk managers to rejoice about in the final rule of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), with many of the most vexing parts of the law either clarified or eliminated altogether. But there still is plenty to keep you busy.
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Same-day surgery programs preparing for a Medicare survey can find help in complying with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2000 Life Safety Code in a document focused on same-day settings from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
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The days of accreditation surveyors flipping through policy books and interviewing management team members may not be completely gone, but the majority of information gathered about a same-day surgery program today comes from the surveyors review of patient charts.
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As with all high-volume procedures, same-day surgery managers continuously look for ways to increase efficiency and improve patient care, and there is always room for improvement.
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For those of us blessed(?) with children, setting limits on acceptable behavior is nothing new. We have been doing it since the little darlings were born.
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Buying equipment and servicing it can be a major drain on your programs finances. But you can save a significant amount of money by being actively involved in purchasing and maintaining equipment, says Jerry Henderson, RN, CNOR, CASC, executive director of SurgiCenter of Baltimore in Owings Mills, MD.
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Most same-day surgery providers agree that propofol offers great advantages in outpatient surgery: It hastens patient recovery and is easy to titrate.